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UK
/flˈæʃi/
]
[ US /ˈfɫæʃi/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫæʃi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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tastelessly showy
loud sport shirts
tawdry ornaments
a flashy ring
a flash car
a meretricious yet stylish book
garish colors
a gaudy costume - (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
How To Use flashy In A Sentence
- In a flurry of bright patterns, flashy materials, and skimpy outfits, several girls flurried into the room, all clicking away on high heels and giggling shrilly.
- Although supermarkets are flashy and space-age, a future generation will eventually tire of traipsing round the endless aisles.
- Nowadays we live in a culture that puts enormous stock in the achievement of flashy early success.
- His taste for luxury is exemplified not least in his collection of flashy cars. Times, Sunday Times
- But his flashy lifestyle and taste for violence have made him the most feared -- and the most celebrated.
- The rhinestone which is placed in the middle of the front side is the flashy highlight. CD Freaks News
- Beautifully packaged and visually dazzling, but the same old wine in a flashy new bottle. Times, Sunday Times
- Unflashy and hard-working, he does a lot of the unseen, unrewarded work that wins games.
- And, of course, it worships itself, with flashy correspondence dinners, magazine parties, self-satisfying award ceremonies, and giddy self-promotion. LOSING OUR RELIGION
- Too often, the most famous members of the profession become preoccupied by their own personalities, generating flashy images and huckstering iconic trademarks.